Captain Jose Fonte has rescued a point for Ligue 1 leaders Lille with a thumping late header in a 1-1 home draw with Strasbourg.
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Lille are two points ahead of defending champions Paris Saint-Germain and three ahead of third-place Lyon, who drew 1-1 at Marseille in Sunday's late game.
Lyon took the lead in the 20th minute through striker Karl Toko Ekambi, who swept the ball into the corner after being set up by midfielder Lucas Paqueta.
But Paqueta's handball just before halftime gave seventh-place Marseille a penalty, and Poland striker Arkadiusz Milik confidently equalised for his second goal in three games since joining from Napoli.
Lyon forward Memphis Depay shot just wide from the edge of the penalty area 10 minutes into the second half and, with 20 minutes left of an even contest, Paqueta was sent off for a late tackle on Dimitri Payet.
Even with 10 men Lyon looked the more dangerous side, and Depay finished well in the 83rd only for his goal to be correctly ruled offside - much to the Netherlands forward's frustration.
Earlier, Strasbourg stunned Lille when they took the lead through striker Ludovic Ajorque in the 35th minute, finishing powerfully from Frederic Guilbert's cross.
Both sides wasted chances before the 37-year-old Fonte rose at the back post to meet Benjamin Andre's pinpoint cross from the left.
Substitute Stefan Jovetic and striker Kevin Volland hit late goals as fourth-place Monaco beat Brest 2-0 to stretch their unbeaten league run to 12 games.
Brest goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur justified his recall by saving Wissam Ben Yedder's first-half penalty and making a great save to stop central defender Guillermo Maripan's powerful header from a corner in the 74th minute.
But he was beaten one minute later when Jovetic advanced to the edge of the penalty area and let fly with a powerful shot into the bottom right corner.
Volland showed good timing to clip midfielder Aleksandr Golovin's low free kick over Larsonneur and inside the right post in the 89th.
Sixth-place Lens went 2-0 down inside 10 minutes away to mid-table Angers but hit back to earn a 2-2 draw, with striker Arnaud Kalimuendo scoring an injury-time equaliser.
Substitute Armand Lauriente scored two second-half goals as Lorient rallied to beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 to climb out of the relegation zone and into 17th place.
Also, Nimes and Nantes drew 1-1 while Reims' meeting with Montpellier ended goalless.
Australian Associated Press
